Should I block it?
60% of PCs block this file from running.
Possible reason:
Performance resource utilization
Additional versions
(Note, Uniblue Systems publishes each variation of this file with the same version, but the hashes are unique.)
Relationships
Parent process
Related files
 PE file structure
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Import table
kernel32.dll
LocalFree, IsDebuggerPresent, UnhandledExceptionFilter, GetCurrentProcess, TerminateProcess, GetSystemTimeAsFileTime, GetCurrentProcessId, GetCurrentThreadId, GetTickCount, QueryPerformanceCounter, SetUnhandledExceptionFilter, InterlockedCompareExchange, Sleep, InterlockedExchange, HeapAlloc, IsBadReadPtr, SetLastError, GetProcessHeap, HeapFree, VirtualFree, VirtualProtect, VirtualAlloc, FreeLibrary, GetModuleHandleA, OutputDebugStringA, GetFullPathNameA, LoadLibraryA, GetProcAddress, UnmapViewOfFile, CreateFileA, GetFileSize, CreateFileMappingA, CloseHandle, MapViewOfFile, FindResourceA, LoadResource, LockResource, GetModuleFileNameA, GetLastError, FormatMessageA
msvcr90.dll
DllMain
service.exe
By Uniblue Systems (Signed)
| MD5: | d73693c89e60137310b1ef61cd4e6442 |
| SHA1: | b6001179191cecf9cdc3182fdab63f8f7efa5370 |
| SHA256: | fe54abb5de5f176833662efe3da994adbbc609757b05715228fadaf096fc4ee9 |
About service.exe (from Uniblue Systems)
“Old drivers may cause a range of problems, from diminished hardware functionality to conflicts and system crashes. Although drivers are available for free and can be updated manually, identifying outd”
Overview
service.exe runs as a service under the name Uniblue Maxi Disk Service (Uniblue.MaxiDiskSvc) with extensive SYSTEM privileges (full administrator access). This is typically installed with the program MaxiDisk published by Uniblue Systems Ltd. The file is digitally signed by Uniblue Systems which was issued by the VeriSign certificate authority (CA).
Details
| File name: | service.exe |
| Typical file path: | C:\Program Files\uniblue\maxidisk\service.exe |
| Size: | 29.33 KB (30,032 bytes) |
| Certificate |
| Issued to: | Uniblue Systems |
| Authority (CA): | VeriSign |
| Effective date: | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 |
| Expiration date: | Monday, May 6, 2013 |
| Digital DNA |
| PE subsystem: | Windows Console |
| File packed: | No |
| Code language: | Microsoft Visual C++ 9.0 |
| .NET CLR: | No |
More details
Programs
The following program will install this file
“MaxiDisk offers a number of features related to the performance of your hard drives. It helps in gaining extra disk space by detecting and removing Junk files and old Windows backups that might not be needed any longer. To gain further disk space, the file compression feature scans for those files in your user profile that are taking up the most space, and compresses them into smaller files at the click of a button. The disk defragmenta...”
Behaviors
Services
Runs under 'SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services' by the Service Controller (services.exe)
- 'Uniblue.MaxiDiskSvc' (Uniblue Maxi Disk Service)
- Uniblue.MaxiDiskSvc
Resource utilization
(Note: statistics below are averages based on a minimum sample size of 200 unique participants)
Averages
| CPU |
| Total CPU: | 0.00034457% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00023989% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00010468% | |
| Kernel CPU time: | 364,002 ms/min | |
| CPU cycles: | 39,190/sec | |
| Memory |
| Private memory: | 6.47 MB | |
| Private (maximum): | 9.11 MB | |
| Private (minimum): | 7.45 MB | |
| Non-paged memory: | 6.47 MB | |
| Virtual memory: | 44.05 MB | |
| Virtual memory (peak): | 46.05 MB | |
| Working set: | 7.45 MB | |
| Working set (peak): | 9.13 MB | |
| Page faults: | 3,007/min | |
| I/O |
| I/O read transfer: | 22.91 KB/sec | |
| I/O read operations: | 11/sec | |
| I/O other transfer: | 107 Bytes/sec | |
| I/O other operations: | 6/sec | |
| Resource allocations |
| Threads: | 3 | |
| Handles: | 65 | |
Process properties
| Integrety level: | System |
| Platform: | 64-bit |
| Command line: | "C:\Program Files\uniblue\maxidisk\service.exe" |
| Owner: | SYSTEM |
| Windows Service |
| Service name: | Uniblue.MaxiDiskSvc |
| Display name: | Uniblue Maxi Disk Service |
| Description: | “This service is used by Uniblue Maxi Disk to report information to the application.” |
| Type: | Win32OwnProcess |
| Parent process: | services.exe (Services and Controller app by Microsoft) |
Distribution by Windows OS
| OS version | distribution |
| Windows 7 Ultimate |
88.89% |
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| Windows 7 Home Premium |
11.11% |
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Distribution by country
Canada installs about 22.22% of service.exe.
Distribution by PC manufacturer
| PC Manufacturer | distribution |
| Alienware |
33.33% |
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| Acer |
33.33% |
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| Lenovo |
33.33% |
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